So proud

Tonight I am so proud of Owen. We have been working lately on him going to bed on his own and he does really great with it most times. Its been really hard to be super consistent because he shares with Leiland and I can't let him lay in there and fuss if Leiland is sleeping already. But every chance I get I put him in awake. He usually gets all happy to see all the animals in the bedding then fusses for a few minutes before I go in and just reassure him he is ok, then he will toss around fussing a bit and usually fall asleep. He never really cries unless he is WAY overtired but talks in a disgruntled tone.

Tonight (after a long day at the air show) he took a bath with Leiland then played with Anna a bit. I got Leiland dressed and he slept in my bed because Anna is staying over and is in his bed. SO then I notice Owen is indeed tired - no surprise - so I take him from the living room where he is playing and laughing with Anna, lay him in bed, and within 5-6 minutes he has rolled over and fallen asleep. No fussing at all.

Most likely he was just super tired - but either way I will take it - he went to bed all on his own. Last night he also slept through the night. Went to bed great then slept all night - crazy.

He's getting too big on me. Love him though. Leiland was much older when he started going to bed on his own - Owens only 5 months but he is a finger sucker - so that seems to really help. YAY Owen.

Sleep Update

Sleep has been rough lately. Just before Leilands birthday he got sick with a cold that lasted 3 weeks. Then he had the stomach virus. During this his sleep got messed. When sick he would wake usually once, and I just rocked him for a few. Then after the virus he wasn't eating much, but wanted to nurse ALL NIGHT LONG. Not working for me. After he started eating better during the day I had to stop this. It took a night of just letting him cry. He woke 3 times that night and I went to comfort him each time, but when he was asking to nurse, I just laid him in his crib. The next day he took a 3 hour nap. Now he has stopped crying at night and is napping 1 time a day for 3 hours at a time. Works great for me. So I am not sure if it was a typical 1 year old sleep regression or being sick - maybe a combination but I hope this sticks again because I need my sleep.He was also crying more when I put him to sleep but now he is no longer fussing when I put him down to nap or go to bed. YAY for this big boy.

Sleep update

After that 4th tooth came in Leiland stopped sleeping good again. I think part of it could have been this cold he was hit with on Saturday, but who knows. Anyway, the last two nights he woke twice and I just had to rock him a bit and put him back in the crib. Fine with me. He is even going down for naps good. Today I laid him in the crib awake, he sat up and played a little. They he started fussing and when I looked at him I realized he had fallen asleep sitting up in the crib. SO cute. So I went and laid him down. Last night he woke when I put him to bed and just laid there. He had rolled to his back but wasn't fussing. When he began to fuss I was watching him and he finally rolled to his side and went right to sleep. I am so proud of him and being able to finally learn to sleep. What a good little guy he is.

New Years Resolution

I have so many things I want to accomplish this year, but the main resolution is to get Leiland to sleep better. I realize there are no promises, however I have to try something. We did so good at first, but his daytime naps have gone down hill since about 1 month. Nothing I do seems to help. I previously tried reading through all of the book "The no cry sleep solution" but just didn't have spare time to read. I was also thinking about video recording as I go through it. When I started I really wanted to hear what to do because my lack of time to read.

So, this is my resolution. I have it planned out like this.

January - read the book and takes notes for reference
February - fill out charts and begin trying practices as well as observing him
March - note progress

We will see how he does. I truly hope to get some answers.

Eating again

Sincen Leiland learned he can pick up cheerios and feed himself he hasn't been as interested in his baby food. So the past two days i didn't bother. I think he is also getting less milk because im sick. So today i made oatmeal and apricots and it was a huge hit. He was opening wide and not spitting any out. He is also trying to crawl and pull to standing right now so its possible learning new tricks could have altered his appetite. Who knows i just hope he keeps eating good because it was helping him sleep and the better he sleeps the happier i am.

I've also been pushing him to nurse more often in hopes that more calories in the day means better sleep. And if it boosts my supply thats ok too.